People · United Kingdom
Elliot Penson
2×2 · top 5.0% of 189,179 all-time · competing since November 2009 · 2009PENS01
Elliot Penson has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 2×2: a personal-best single of 2.03, set at Brown Cubing Day 2009, puts him in the top 5.0% of the 189,179 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 364th in the United Kingdom. Until February 2008, no official 2×2 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 6 competitions since November 2009, he has put 230 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 9% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 36,406 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 19.26 in November 2009 to 10.66, a 45% improvement. Elliot has entered six competitions, more competitions than 86% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | United Kingdom | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2×2 | 2.03 | 4.48 | top 5.0% | 364 / 4,946 | |
| 3×3 | 10.66 | 14.01 | top 9.5% | 695 / 6,785 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 16.84 | 20.47 | top 12.2% | 241 / 1,861 | |
| Pyraminx | 7.72 | 10.32 | top 33.9% | 1,375 / 3,704 | |
| 4×4 | 1:11.06 | 1:21.06 | top 48.0% | 1,054 / 2,112 | |
| Megaminx | 2:15.15 | 2:26.15 | top 54.0% | 639 / 998 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 21 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at Long Island 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010First sub-15 3×3: 13.86 at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 6 Aug 2010Three personal bests in one day at United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010.
- 12 Dec 2009Four personal bests in one day at Brown Cubing Day 2009.
- 14 Nov 2009First competition: MIT Fall 2009. A 19.26 3×3 single to start from.
Competitions
- Harvard Spring 2011 · 2 Apr 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2010 · 13 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Long Island 2010 · 21 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- United States Rubik's Cube Championships 2010 · 6 Aug 2010 — 3 personal bests set
- Brown Cubing Day 2009 · 12 Dec 2009 — 4 personal bests set
- MIT Fall 2009 · 14 Nov 2009
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Tim Reynolds — met in 48 rounds, finished ahead 16 times
- Kian Barry — met in 42 rounds, finished ahead 27 times
- Rowe Hessler — met in 39 rounds, finished ahead twice
Next targets
- A sub-2 2×2 single — 9,039 people have one; it is 0.03 away.
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,606 people have one; it is 0.66 away.
Targets move as he improves.